Fernando Verdasco of Spain beat Serbian Dusan Lajovic 7-6(4), 6-3 to advance to the spherical of 16 of the Rio Open clay courtroom match. It was the 38-year-old’s first win in an ATP 500 competitors since 2019.
Verdasco, previously a top-10 participant, is now ranked 172nd after a sequence of accidents. He will face Argentinian Federico Coria for a spot within the quarterfinals.
“It is a very important tournament for me. It had been a long time since I last could play a tournament like this because of the surgeries I had in my elbow, in my knee,” an emotional Verdasco stated after the match.
“I wish to be again among the many finest, play the most important tournaments, the Grand Slams. These weeks in South America will add loads.” Coria eradicated the Fifth-seeded participant, Christian Garin of Chile, 6-2, 6-0.
Also on Tuesday, Eighth-seeded Albert Ramos Viñolas beat Argentinian Juan Londero 6-3, 6-4. The Spaniard will face his countryman Pablo Andujar within the subsequent spherical.
Argentina’s Federico Delbonis topped Colombia’s Daniel Galan 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. He will face 18-year-old Spanish sensation Carlos Alcaraz, the Twenty ninth-best ranked within the circuit.
Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego, the sixth seed, beat Laslo Djere of Serbia 6-2, 6-0. His round-of-16 opponent is Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic.
Another Italian, Fabio Fognini, overcame Argentina’s Facundo Bagnis 6-2, 6-4. He will face fourth-seed Pablo Carreo Busta on Wednesday.
Brazilian followers had their share of pleasure after Thiago Monteiro bested Argentina’s Sebastián Baez 1-6, 6-4, 6-4. The home-crowd favourite will play towards prime seed Matteo Berretini of Italy, ranked No. 6.
Norway’s Casper Ruud, the Eighth-best-ranked, can be enjoying within the match.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
